- Collection:
- Historical Manuscripts and Photographs
- Title:
- Southern reporting service; Sunflower County; May 24, 1965
- Date of Original:
- 1965-05-24
- Subject:
- Civil rights movement
Bombings
Literacy tests (Election law)
Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)
Voter Registration
Sunflower County (Miss.) - Location:
- United States, Mississippi, 32.75041, -89.75036
- Medium:
- documents (object genre)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; This report describes 1965 voting legislation in Sunflower County that did away with literacy tests in the voter registration process. The report mentions the violent reactions of some Mississippi whites to the new legislation and asks if similar reactions will occur after President Johnson's voting legislation passes.
Electronic version made available through a National Leadership Grant for Libraries from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
This item is part of the Civil Rights in Mississippi Digital Archive. - Metadata URL:
- https://usm.access.preservica.com/uncategorized/IO_374375c9-8312-47ea-b570-282952b741f1
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- University Libraries provides access to these materials for educational and research purposes. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. When possible, we have provided information regarding the copyright right status of an item; however, the information we have may not be accurate or complete. Obtaining permissions to publish or otherwise use is the sole responsibility of the user.
- Original Collection:
- M368 Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection
Box 3, Folder 14 - Contributing Institution:
- University of Southern Mississippi. Libraries
- Rights:
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